They lost fighting AutoHop alone so now they are taking the fight to Sling Adapters and "Dish Anywhere". It's funny how there wasn't a problem with DishOnline and Sling Adapters when they were connected to 622's and 722's. Not to mention that I don't remember any lawsuits about copyright infringement and Archeos's PocketDISH. There are no doubts in my mind that this is still a thinly veiled attack against AutoHop and PrimeTime Anytime.
http://www.multichannel.com/marketing/fox-takes-new-tack-hopper-legal-battle/141846
http://www.multichannel.com/marketing/fox-takes-new-tack-hopper-legal-battle/141846
Fox has again asked a California court to block Dish's Hopper DVR, but this time it's not focusing on the ad-skipping function, and is instead zeroing in on new iterations that stream and record programming for Internet, out-home viewing. The programmer maintains those aspects clearly violate Dish's contract with Fox, as well as copyright law.According to a copy of the petition obtained by Multichannel News and filed Thursday (Feb. 21) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Fox is asking for an injunction against both the Hopper's retransmission of live broadcasts over the Internet to PCs and mobile devices, and the feature that records the programs so they can be transferred to iPads for mobile viewing -- both new functions announced since its initial injunctions were denied last year by the same court, then a federal appeals court.
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